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How do civilizations die?
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The great British historian Arnold Toynbee asked himself this question.
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Here is his answer.
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They die not by murder, but by suicide.
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We in the West, the inheritors of the greatest civilization ever created,
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are witnessing this right before our very eyes.
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I call this phenomenon suicidal empathy.
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As an evolutionary behavioral scientist,
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I believe empathy is a noble virtue and a central feature of our humanity.
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The Oxford Dictionary defines empathy as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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It sounds great, and often is,
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especially when you're empathetic toward the people close to you,
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your spouse, your children, your friends.
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But empathy can lead us astray.
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When empathy serves as the only filter for decision-making,
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replacing a rational and adaptive calculus of prudence,
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discernment and justice, empathy can cause great harm.
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In fact, it can be fatal.
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The serial killer, Ted Bundy,
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used empathy to lure women to their violent deaths.
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He would pretend to be injured,
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sometimes with a fake sling or cast on his arm.
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He would ask his soon-to-be victim for help loading items into his car,
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and then, when they turned their back, he would strike.
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Bundy killed through exploiting the natural proclivity to be empathetic.
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Suicidal empathy endangers not just well-meaning individuals.
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It threatens entire societies, indeed all of Western civilization.
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Let's look at a couple of general and then more specific examples.
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Mass immigration.
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In 2015, the Chancellor of Germany,
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Angela Merkel, instituted an open-door immigration policy,
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especially for Muslim migrants, most of whom had no intention of assimilating into their host societies.
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Perhaps her suicidal empathy toward migrants was meant as penance for her country's crimes against humanity.
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But a decade later, Germany,
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as well as most of Europe,
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nearly all of whom have followed Merkel's example,
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is dealing with the consequences.
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Vastly increased rates of rape, murder, and social disintegration.
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Defund the police.
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In the wake of the death of drug-addicted felon George Floyd in May 2020,
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an idea arose, namely that a racist police system was murdering innocent people of color.
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Though this was easily refuted by the actual data,
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suicidally empathetic mayors and city councils in places like Los Angeles,
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San Francisco, and Philadelphia cut their police budgets.
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Who suffered?
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The very people who were supposed to be protected.
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Let's look at a few specific cases of suicidal empathy.
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Canadian-born Omar Khadr joined the Taliban and murdered an American soldier in Afghanistan.
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The U.S gave him a 40-year sentence,
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but turned him over to Canadian authorities after 10 years at Guantanamo Bay.
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Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government,
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which suffered from stage 4 suicidal empathy,
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gave Qatar $8 million and apologized for his detention.
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The University of Minnesota Twin Cities Medical School required the class of 2026 to pledge their support for diversity,
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equity, and inclusion, not to mention honoring all indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine.
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Because as they wheel you into the operating room,
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what you really want to know is
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that your surgeon who got there for some reason other than
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merit is up on how the local tribes handled medical problems 500 years ago.
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Under the Biden White House,
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the Federal Aviation Administration implemented a recruitment program for people with severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities.
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Imagine how safe you'll feel when that woke logic reaches the cockpit.
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No society can long survive such an explosion of suicidal empathy.
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Is there a cure?
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Yes, but first we must understand where this madness comes from.
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Suicidal empathy is driven by misplaced guilt.
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The suicidally empathetic person feels guilty for being born in the prosperous, free West.
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We might call this privilege guilt,
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a common affliction among Westerners,
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especially affluent, highly educated ones.
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To inoculate yourself against this parasitic idea,
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you must take at the very least these three actions.
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First, never shut off your rational mind.
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Suicidal empathy tries to override your capacity for reason.
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It hijacks your desire to be kind,
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misdirects it to the wrong recipient in the wrong amount,
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and in so doing, harms you and others.
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Second, always ask, what happens next?
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Cause and effect is an immutable law.
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Actions have consequences, sometimes very bad ones.
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Third, don't be tolerant of all viewpoints.
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Not everything is as good as everything else.
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Some ideas are better than others.
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Some cultures are better than others.
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Some religions are more peaceful than others.
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These actions were once the default operating system for nearly everyone born in the West.
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Now, they are a matter of civilizational survival.
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The good news is this.
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Suicide is a choice.
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The West still has time to save itself, but not much.
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I'm Gad Saad, author of Suicidal Empathy,
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Dying to be Kind, for Prager University.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “Suicidal Empathy”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: empathy, suicidal, empathetic, civilization, actions. Deze video bevat 92 zinnen en 799 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:40. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 141 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 75% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| empathy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | inlevingsvermogen, empathie |
| suicidal bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/ | zelfmoord |
| civilization zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | beschaving |
| migrant zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/ | migrant, migrante |
| rational bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/ | rationeel, redelijk |
| consequence zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ | gevolg, consequentie |
| affliction zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈflɪk.ʃən/ | lijden, pijn |
| affluent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈæf.lu.ənt/ | welgesteld |
| assimilate werkwoord | /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/ | assimileren, integreren |
| astray bijwoord | /əˈstɹeɪ/ | op een dwaalspoor |
| civilizational bijvoeglijk naamwoord | civilisationeel | |
| discernment zelfstandig naamwoord | onderscheidingsvermogen | |
| endanger werkwoord | /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | in gevaar brengen |
| hijack werkwoord | /ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk/ | kapen |
| immutable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | onveranderlijk |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be injured · was meant · was easily refuted |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have followed · have been |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, you'll. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, affliction /əˈflɪk.ʃən/, disintegration /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, evolutionary /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: suicidal /ˌsu.əˈsaɪ.dəl/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, assimilate /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/, disintegration /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: defund /diːˈfʌnd/, marginalize /ˈmɑɹdʒɪnəlaɪz/, override /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/, adaptive /əˈdæp.tɪv/, arise /əˈɹaɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, affluent /ˈæf.lu.ənt/, hijack /ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk/, parasitic /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/, calculus /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: migrant /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/, disintegration /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als empathy, suicidal, civilization.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.